Gentzler's Cantilevered Cabin

Sandisfield, Massachusetts
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    • When Maricela Salas and Mary McGoff purchased a piece of land in the Berkshires, they had no idea that a rocky ledge would complicate construction of the simple house they’d imagined. But it also gave them exactly what they were after: a retreat that immerses them in the natural world.

    Photo of Gentzler's Cantilevered Cabin modern home
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    The kitchen and lofted guest bedroom take cues from urban living—including an apartment-size Summit refrigerator. The cabinets are IKEA and the tile is by Heath Ceramics. Photo 2 of Gentzler's Cantilevered Cabin modern home
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    The kitchen and lofted guest bedroom take cues from urban living—including an apartment-size Summit refrigerator. The cabinets are IKEA and the tile is by Heath Ceramics.

    A cantilevered cabin designed by R D Gentzler blends into the forest, even as it hovers above a 20-foot drop-off. Its south face is almost entirely glass, but a roof canopy limits solar gain. Photo 3 of Gentzler's Cantilevered Cabin modern home
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    A cantilevered cabin designed by R D Gentzler blends into the forest, even as it hovers above a 20-foot drop-off. Its south face is almost entirely glass, but a roof canopy limits solar gain.

    Those costs were partially recouped by using knotted pine planks for the exterior. Photo 4 of Gentzler's Cantilevered Cabin modern home
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    Those costs were partially recouped by using knotted pine planks for the exterior.